Tuesday, April 14, 2026

What I learned about nonviolence from Tony Soprano

Through the eyes of an organizer, “The Sopranos” offers many lessons in navigating power and how to wield it.

Media’s Email Hysteria: Why Are Republicans Exempt?

If a private email account is so shocking to mainstream media, why was there barely any talk about the millions of emails that disappeared during the Bush years? The current hysteria seems to reveal the intense press prejudice against Hillary Clinton by several well-placed Washington journalists.

Shelter within the storm: A dialog on politics and culture

A dialog on the artist’s role in times of extreme societal and cultural alienation and worldwide crisis.

Who polices the immigration police?

Claims of unjust arrests by ICE agents and cops often disappear into an overwhelmed immigration court system.

Violent white supremacist loses job with major US defense contractor

“I can’t believe that participation in an organized white supremacist group focused on street-level violence wouldn’t jeopardize your security clearance.”

Breaking news: Trump’s military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million, 200 organizations...

“We reject this gross display of power and violence. We call on you to stop the military parade.”

More than a thousand arrested as Yellow Vests protests over economic frustration rage on...

Some 1,220 people were arrested in France on Saturday as more than a hundred thousand took to the streets – leading to a lockdown...

Fund head start, not internment camps

I came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my...

Learning all the wrong lessons from the 2008 financial crisis

NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

You can’t fight white supremacy with white supremacy

In the U.S., policing is rooted in the genocide of Indigenous peoples, the subjugation of Africans and African-descended people, and the repression of workers’ movements.